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title: "Why is the number of members in the House of Representatives based on state population and the Senate is two per state?"  
description: "Why is the number of members in the House of Representatives based on state population and the Senate is two per state?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-20  
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# Why is the number of members in the House of Representatives based on state population and the Senate is two per state?

Why is the number of members in the [House of Representatives](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41752/what-was-the-shift-of-power-in-the-house-of-representatives-in-1910-and-the-1970-s) based on state [population](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33541/list-top-10-tiger-reserves-in-india-with-maximum-tiger-population) and the Senate is two per state?\
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